<p>^^^</p>
<p>Ok, so you need scholarships.</p>
<p>Do you realize that top schools are filled with top students, therefore they don’t usually give scholarships? (after all, who would they give them to if all their students are top??)</p>
<p>Good merit scholarships are awarded by schools with rankings in the mid range or lower. </p>
<p>BTW…what is a “decent amount”? Is that $10k per year? $20k per year?? What??? How much can your parents pay each year? And, what will their EFC be (use an EFC calculator if you don’t know [FinAid</a> | Calculators | Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml]FinAid”>http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml) )</p>
<p>You don’t want to be spinning your wheels dreaming about colleges that are unaffordable. You have a financial safety, and that’s good as long as you’d be happy to go there. IF not, then you need some other financial safeties, and there are some with your stats.</p>